Joy to the World: Advent Activities for Your Family by Kathleen M. Basi [Liguori Publications (July 1, 2010)] is a book of advent readings, activities, and rituals. Published by Liguori Publications, a Catholic publishing company comprised of a “community of religious priests, brothers, lay people, and contemplative nuns,” Joy to the World: Advent Activities…
A walk through the mall or down a city street, a trip to them mailbox, a glance at the television: all will surely help to emphasize the fact that Christmas is coming! Store aisles are lined with Christmas trees, ornaments, stockings, and lights; mailboxes are filled with holiday catalogs, and television commercials are clearly the…
In looking for a way to celebrate Advent with the boys this year, I stumbled upon Arnold Ytreeide’s book, Jotham’s Journey. Well, truth be told, it was more like I ran into a brick wall of raves about Jotham’s Journey and its two sequels, Bartholomew’s Passage and Tabitha’s Travels (scheduled to be re-released in time…